State Results: Massachusetts

Mathematics Scores

Table A13. Average scores of 15-year-old students on PISA mathematics literacy scale in Massachusetts public schools compared with other participating education systems: 2012

Education systems higher than Massachusetts

Shanghai-China

Macao-China

Singapore

Japan

Hong Kong-China

Liechtenstein

Chinese Taipei

Switzerland

Korea, Republic of

Education systems not measurably different from Massachusetts

Netherlands

Vietnam

Estonia

Connecticut

Finland

Austria

Canada

Australia

Poland

Ireland

Belgium

Slovenia

Germany

Education systems lower than Massachusetts

Denmark

Serbia, Republic of

New Zealand

Turkey

Czech Republic

Romania

France

Cyprus

OECD average

Bulgaria

United Kingdom

United Arab Emirates

Iceland

Kazakhstan

Latvia

Thailand

Luxembourg

Chile

Norway

Malaysia

Portugal

Mexico

Italy

Montenegro, Republic of

Spain

Uruguay

Russian Federation

Costa Rica

Slovak Republic

Albania

United States

Brazil

Lithuania

Argentina

Sweden

Tunisia

Hungary

Jordan

Croatia

Colombia

Florida

Qatar

Israel

Indonesia

Greece

Peru

NOTE: All average scores reported as higher or lower than the Massachusetts average score are different at the .05 level of statistical significance. The OECD average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries, with each country weighted equally. Italics indicate non-OECD countries and education systems. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2012.